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Re: Middle English question

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Thursday, July 29, 1999, 19:41
Padraic Brown wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Tom Wier wrote: > > > > > > "[H]e axed after eggys: And the goode wyf answerde, that she coude =
not
> > > > [he: aks@d &ft@r EgIz and D@ go:d@ wif answErd@ D&t Se: kUd@ nOt] > > Oughn't axed be [&ks@d]?
Well, not all dialects even today use /&/ there. This is an example of one of those educated guesses I was talking about: I knew that OE had the equivalent <acsian>, not <=E6csian> AFAIK. Thus, I guessed that only later did another dialect's /&/ take over, or perhaps it was due to spelling pronunciation. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Tom Wier <artabanos@...> AIM: Deuterotom ICQ: 4315704 <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." "Things just ain't the way they used to was." - a man on the subway =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D